Hova () is a

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and one of the two seats of

Gullspång Municipality Gullspång Municipality (''Gullspångs kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the towns of Gullspång and Hova. The present municipality was formed through the amalgamation of the former ...

Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...

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, the other is

Gullspång Gullspång is a locality and one of two seats of the Gullspång Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. As of 2010 it had 1,167 inhabitants. History Gullspång provided the name for a new municipality created through the local government ...

. It had 1,288 inhabitants in 2010.

Overview

The main part of the municipal administration is located in Hova, thus constituting the municipal seat. However, the municipality avoids the term seat (''centralort'') due to the rivalry between Hova and Gullspång some 20 km north-west. Instead it is called one of the municipality's two "main localities".

Culture

Celebrities from Hova include

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and Stikkan Anderson, manager of Swedish pop band ABBA and co-founder of

Polar Music Polar Music is a Swedish record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag. Background The first act that Polar Music signed was the Hootenanny Singers featuring Björn Ulvaeus. Polar eventually gained prosperity pr ...

, who grew up there. A statue in the town square of Hova commemorates his accomplishments. Each summer Hova hosts a

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whose theme is the Battle of Hova in 1275.

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Populated places in Västra Götaland County Populated places in Gullspång Municipality Municipal seats of Västra Götaland County Swedish municipal seats {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub